police state

Shock footage: Brazil police filmed shooting 14-year-old boy

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Five military police officers in Brazil were under arrest Wednesday after a security camera video came to light showing them shooting a 14-year-old boy several times, including once in the chest, in August of last year. While the victim spent up to 10 days in the hospital, the bullet missed the boy’s lung and he survived.

"Well that's for a court to decide..." Shocking Video + Soundbite

Video footage of ex WWE wrestler Shad Gaspard being arrested by a group of police officers. When the witnesses try to inform another officer of Mr. Gaspard's innocence and their observing excessive force, the uniformed officer says "Well that's for a court to decide". Basically admitting that cops can do whatever they want, they aren't accountable for anything until a judge says they are in the wrong.

Fifteen (15) Middle School Girls are arrested for WATCHING a fight

Fifteen (15) middle school girls are arrested for watching a fight between two other classmates. One mother claims in the article that the school officials nor law enforcement official would reveal where her daughter (who was allegedly one of the 15 girls) was being detained.

6-Year-Old Hauled to Psych Ward Despite Parent’s Wishes

A little boy’s Los Angeles school sent him to the psychiatric ward against his mom’s wishes. Anxiety over his dad’s deployment to Iraq led the boy to “[draw] a violent picture and [write] that he wanted to die,” which prompted the school’s reaction. When the mother told officials she would have the boy see a therapist that day, she was told it was already out of her hands – the ambulance was on its way. The tyke spent 48 hours in the ward before finally being released to his mother’s care, the trauma of this experience only compounding the trauma of his father’s departure..

How Close Are We to a Nano-Based Surveillance State?

In the span of just three years, we have seen drone surveillance become openly operational on American soil.

In 2007, Texas reporters first filmed a predator drone test being conducted by the local police department in tandem with Homeland Security. And in 2009, it was revealed that an operation was underway to use predator drones inland over major cities, far from “border control” functions. This year it has been announced that not only will drone operations fly over the Mexican border, but the United States and Canada are partnering to cover 900 miles of the northern border as well.